Baral said: “Since there were no injury marks on the baby, maybe the monkey dropped him in the well.”

The monkey accused of taking the child was identified as a rhesus macaque, or Macaca mulatta, a species with reddish-pink faces and rear ends that can weigh up to 12 kilograms (27 pounds), according to National Geographic.

The rhesus macaque, a well-known species of Old World monkeys, is native to Central South and Southeast Asia and, oftentimes, lives close to humans.

In India, Hindus consider these monkeys sacred and leave them alone, according to National Geographic, even though the animals are known to attack people and destroy property in search of food.

Protesters recently blocked a road in Cuttack, a city in Orissa, to express dismay about monkey attacks in the area, according to the Hindustan Times.

After numerous monkey attacks last year in a village in the Kendrapara district of Orissa, one government employee died of his injuries, and schools and health care facilities had to shut their doors, according to the Hindustan Times.

And the newspaper said that over the past couple of weeks, several women in a village in Orissa have suffered injuries in similar attacks.

Authorities are still searching for the monkey suspected of the newborn’s death.